As an upgrade, I finally bought an iPhone a few weeks ago… after months of consideration, to ascertain that I’m not just another fashionista-tech geek who follows the crowd. I think its very invention is a celebration of ‘Zen-ness’ in design. Yes, the Mac folks are experts of this, which is a reason why I [...]

Whether you believe the ‘theory’ of the 100th monkey or not,
it is nevertheless true that together,
we can cause the tipping point (for the betterment of the world),
it is nevertheless true that individually,
we can facilitate the tipping too.
Collective karma IS made up of individual karma. 
The question is…
will you be the another ‘monkey’ who waits too [...]

Happy 2009 from Moonpointer.com
I have this love-hate relationship with technology. It offers undeniable convenience and room for creativity. But it can change so fast that it ’sucks’ too. Ya, no doubt about that. I had been toying with the design of moonpointer.com for years. Just when we got very comfortable with Nucleus, I decided to [...]

If you are deluded
that the deluded are so,
are you not similar?
- Stonepeace
When you are petty
towards the petty
just because they are petty towards you,
how are you different from them?
When you are angry
towards the angry
just because they are angry towards you,
how are you different from them?
When you are unforgiving
towards the unforgiving
just because they are unforgiving towards you,
how [...]

The nails which are the hardest to cut are those of my two big toes, which tend to grow inwards into the flesh. Because they can be difficult to cut, I tend to cut them less frequently, while I trim all my other nails regularly – on both hands and legs. I usually trim the [...]

If we do not try,
we will not know.
-Ayya Khema (Be An Island)
Is there Nirvana or not?
Can it be realised or not?
No point speculating.
No point doubting.
As it is worthy, just advance towards it.
The more you advance towards it,
the more will you know if it is real or not,
the more will you know if it can be [...]

If you are invulnerable to harm,
seemingly able to live forever,
what would you do?
Would you become a great villain [e.g. Octopus]
who goes all out exploit and harm others?
Since there are no apparent consequences?
The ultimate harm has to be the harming of others -
that which does not lead others or oneself to lasting happiness,
that which leads to [...]

Being vegan, finding suitable pastries in Singapore is no easy task, let alone to find a yummy vegan cake.
Ya: Hi, do these cakes contain milk?
Ta: Well, our cakes are vegetarian… egg-free.
Ya: Er… okay, but do you use milk?
Ta: Of course! How do you make cakes without any milk?
Ya: Of course you can! [...]

I think films of the respective eras they were made in tend to be rather accurate portrayals of the general temperament of their times… though there are also landmark masterpieces which were trendsetters ahead of their times – more so than reflections of the then current trends. The first films, as we all know, were [...]

After picking up Buddhism, I found my threshold of being able to withstand seeing others in suffering to have reduced significantly. I can’t sit long in front of the television watching people scheming against each other, even though I know it’s just a show. Well, scriptwriters don’t get their stories out of thin air – many are [...]